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				<h5>About Us</h5>
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				<h4 class="biography_title">Ken B. McGaha Founder
					<span class="designation">Co-CEO, Director of Analysis</span>
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					Ken McGaha paid for his first two years of college changing tires on garbage trucks at night while going to school full time during the day to study Mechanical Engineering Technology.  Once he had completed two years, he sought employment with companies that offered tuition reimbursement plans that would cover his expenses for continuing his education.		
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					Over time, Ken transitioned into a problem solving role for his employers and became involved in turnarounds of struggling departments and then distressed businesses.  After completing successful improvement projects and assisting in the evaluation of potential acquisition candidates throughout the United States as well as Canada, Australia and Mexico he accepted a role as Vice President of ASME Operations for Manchester Tank and Equipment Company with responsibility over three manufacturing facilities and the corporate engineering group.
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					In 2009, Ken decided to leave the corporate world and purchased a distressed promotional products business for his own.  Once the business became successful, he accepted an offer to sell it and decided to take on some consulting projects and spend more time managing his investment portfolio.
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					In order to help keep himself fully occupied between consulting assignments, he began writing investment posts for The Motley Fool and to help younger members of his family learn how he was managing his own money.  The rest of the story can be read on the Self-Made Millionaire website in The Story of Self-Made Millionaire.
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				<h4 class="biography_title">Zahar Hilkevich
					<span class="designation">Co-CEO, Chief Technology Officer</span>
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					Zahar Hilkevich has earned a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow University of Electronics and Mathematics and a Master of Science degree in Economics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
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					He moved to New York in 1996 and quickly became a highly sought after IT consultant, lecturer and teacher.  Since 1997, he has been teaching Oracle database development and administration in various IT schools.
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					Mr. Hilkevich is currently serving as a Vice President and Lead Architect at SQL Maze, Inc. where he participates in all aspects of software and database design, development, administration and performance optimization.
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					Mr. Hilkevich is a United States national Chess Master and has won several major chess events.  He is a staunch advocate of personal development and has a keen interest in investing and finance.  
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					In mid-December 2013, Mr. Zahar agreed to join The Self-Made Millionaire Academy as our Co-CEO and Chief Technology Officer on a part-time basis.  His role on our team will be to consult on product offerings and to enhance the user experience of visitors to our website and our valued subscribers.
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